B. F. 8GHWEIER,
THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND.' THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Edltr ud Proprietor.
VOL. XL VII.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTYl PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OOTOJJEK 4. 1893.
NO. 42.
9
l
vii lij.-i-t : llf-tn fort-emeu t.'
Tt vr "."!, mcwisc our faith." Lulci
jvii.. "'-
Wo.it .1 pity lie is piinij ther !" sai.J mj
Irion I. ii i! "-t ilistiniruisliH 1 ircneriil of the
armv. when he was tol.l that '.Ho r '.4.-011 tot
ir v 11. t l -i n -r pp-s-nt on a ccletirat'l duv in
)r.i. .iilyn iv is that on that day I had siillcl
f. rt'i.. II y f.an.i. "Why ,ln"yoii s.iv that '!''
ili'iuir- 1 -one oii.. My military Irieii'l r
jlie 1, " h. he will be lmillusiouB,l when lie
p.t n:: i-i-t the iuaIor nnl comnionj.inoe
svn.i "J Pill, stine. tunl his faitli will e
sh'ilc'n in '!iritinnitv. for that is often th
rc-ci.t." Tim great .-ni-ral misjj.leil tlie
en-".
1 vr-nt ti the Holy I.an 1 for the one pur
ppsouf havuiir my faith sfrcnL.theneil.ani
that w is tin- n-sult which rame of it. In all
car j 'irn.vinu'. in nil our renJiriir. in all our
8.jo.-1:in..nJ. in all our plans. HUirnwntatiou
rath'Ttlum the depletion of our faith should
te our ohW .ir. It is easy enough to
hav- our faith ,1"strrye,l. I c.ui irivo you a
recipe for its obliteration. Head intlilol
beon:. l..iv lone anil frequent conversations
with .-k. j ti.-s. iittenl the Intum of those
mmo'instii' M religion. Riv fuil swinrto
pjnmo I a l habit, an.l your faith will l.e so
m!r.pi"t'ly L-oii" that you will lauc-h at tiie
Mnatliat you ever had any.
Ify-n want to ruin your faith, you can do
ft easily than you can doanythintt elsn.
A.t-r .. li. vim; the ihlil.i nil my lifei 1 can sen
a;:i u way by wiii-h. in six weeks, I could
fC.iif my voice and pen and heart and head
b1 entire nature iu the bombardment of the.
S.'r.i't"rcs and the church andall I now hold
fta.'rM. ThHt it is easy to banish noon and
lowriill rp-t fur thn liilile I prove by
tn '''at so many have done It. They
wrn.it particularly brainy nor had speeia'l
fr.pv of xAl. hut they so t horou-iiv aceoin-p;i-.f.ci
t;;c overthrow of their faith that they
i.avt' 110 Tii'Tc idea tliat the Hit. le is true, or
tii.-it 't.r:tfitiity amounts to anythimr. than
th-v hav. Its tic truth oftiie Arai.iim Nights'
F.i:"r:ii:i"er.'s" or tlie existence of Iou
(.i:i T" - '--.iiu puilis.' Tiicy have destroyed
their fait!. - th. -roughly that t hoy never will
httve a r-curo "f it.
F;1v r
of religion n"y sweep over
.v:i, the ucihUirhoo ! where
!:ey will fed nothing but a
- ! disu-iist. Tiicre are per-i-c
to-lay who 'JO years auo
a th. mi l tiicy will never re-.a.-!v
and d ." p to:i"d bell ol
r t'i"ir head, and I take the
it 1 .':!. and 1 srnke it thr-'e
:ry Tiiiu'iit. a:id if soim Is.
i'ut ii. y w.s.-i. and the wisri
i- t ' . ' r r.ty.-r expr.-scd l-y
.i' -'K 1 l.nst in tlie words of
, i:i Ten-.' our iaith."
- d a 'coiiiplishini; this is to
it-e!f. 1 do not believe there
..w alive who has rend the
tV 'ire.
they !Ve
iieu! -r
o!l- i:. t
I,::
ti:!.'
the i!- -
LV t-cit. "i:
Tne ::r-t :
tu '.y ti." 1':
h mi in-!-!-
BiMe through, l'ut as so important a docu
ce.it r."" '.- to V r-a i at least twice through
b er '.-r ti. it it may bo thoroughly under
5ti l. and r-id m eourse, I now offer 10.1
r-w:irlt" a:iv iiiMd-l w t.o has read the Ilible
tr.r .ii-ii twi'" an 1 read it in cours.-. lut 1
'..nr. 1 1 1 v e - : ! 1 a man's own word for it.
IcrticT" !- i ' "iii !a:i..!i for integrity ex
rej.t tiie i--. an 1 t';e man who rejects the
10 iv caa I accept his t rut h-
ar.otiier witness in theens)
reward. I must have t!in
' ii" who has swen hilt)
11 twice. Infidels fish iiJ
fV) 1
beVT1 I u
iifr. r.y
Ml it nil
this lii'.U'
.' l-.r 1:1. inereneii'8 and contradict
i a: 'surdities, and if you ilud their
BlMi-y.iil Wii
of Jonah nti 1
aafvTfii.'. it.- ;
a?. an is, ,' ..
f'.'tt 1
pfl.'-is Wlii-M
rr.erits. ar. i :
rr.en. l
Eviir..-:.-?. -.i
si"i" ;i.
iL'.r.r.j :r- ;
T:i- f-th-r
Catp-I : it
ill.'T it IV!.. ;.
jsntati 'ii t
..... i!jtrlin-ations in the book.
:n of the chapters of that
e.'c-t ii-'ariy worn out by much
trts of II i.imuel or I Kinsi)
:: witfi f'n'er marks, but tret
le.'.aiii the. Ten (."ommand-;
l'-aiM.s ,f Havi i. audtheser
1:.:. aad trie i.ook of Joh.n the
: t have a simiie: lead pencil
.ir.'iii. n.r any linger marks
1.: ; T-.i-1!.
0: the Presidents of the
v l- a pr. uc-uneed infidel. I
..any years airo I aci'eptad his
a 1 till id-ht in his home.
hit r..
i&f W I V.
io r-a i ti.
t-re U :i v L
theC to. 1
Uvc r a
p-rti. as ,:u
nc.tt.
Yv kr...x
tiit.'. I si:
teryoi;r ; iti
S-j21etiilL- i
or the tr
WalfLto Li
enie.a.'e of i
mlhtv that
:- ol "the w.
vi-ter triiii
ti: 1 in v.
f-t.nn at ui -ht he said in a
I - i;o..'S" you are accustomed
i ei-ire troiut; to bed. an i
i- ie fr.ifii which to read." 11 -j
v: at p-.r-ti.-iis he would like to
!. oi. i he ouiy asked for thot-ij
v;.i":t he could easily be (ace-
y 0 .-an make fun about nny
; -e y.jii eouldtakethe last let
- r r aii.ther ever wrote and find
o f:.-- ra.'u.'nar or the spellinir
.-r of tic penmanship afout
i-r.-ively .Titic.il. The internal
ie tr iThfuiness ot the MMe is sc
n man out of the l.tiOO.000.
r. i's j r-sei.t population or the
',- .. tiic pa.t ever r'ad the
. and r- a-i it praycriully and
'"!li..v.
IV-.- l.-d t'J I'-lleVO It.
Of1:" fa n ins book piildishcr
. aii 1 tic intimate int-ud o'i
'1 i ". Wa ter Sei'tt, Canninl
Irvim.-. I.oir-'ht of Moor..!
'.!.:;, o r- of I...r-1 Ityroii." an-
lu'-h-li.'-l iiitei IIrou'
. V..T" not fit to be pu'c
."1 Murray I1.1 1 paid for tiie.u
vo- a s )ieo:n con. 'lave when
r 01. merit ht'Tary people of
... d in Albemarle street
i' .iru t ib-'ide what should!
M-ti.oirs." which were
- or l..-ir'.'. with defamation
-. l i:e " demoirs" wererea I
10 i to- -leeision iM'iie that
r-i" 1. an 1 not until the Inst
" '.i -.o.. ors" went t- ashes did
'- 1 ioy .'pirate.
-. r. o.v. a.l tite be-t spirits of
1- 01. ; 1 to decide tiic late i,:
1 1.- tiie host will ami tcsta-!l-a'.enly
1 atlu-r. an 1 tin si
. - l.-.rl wn.it Would lie
-a.i tii"V burn, or siiali th"V
.:;:.. .- v.T le t ..; all is, "Let
io1 a.l el-.- loiru.'1 Til' n put
. to - r oalid al: t rte de! -a.iences
- 0:. 1 r.--a-siTis of the aire-.
is v. r li- t coii "Tuiu tlie
-l.'-t it Mini."
: . 1. . say tn at all infidels nro'
i ! say that ail the s-Tlipe-Ir")
; of t lie universe c"r"H
.! t'" iili.ie. I.et Ilie vote with
1.1 tii" Holy Scripture. .Men
'ii'o.r- witi half tile evidence
! ! '..,. the JiiMo. 1'llU -dis.
' i.- r Kne.-i;, M rejijcted the
to-01 put all his rr:oney into an
I'!.- r-"'. c.-ery of tri.tt hocus
0 - t.-.-o-ures," Kin'elan l's
' - . ' - in .'. .-,;u l--d on a man's
t !o' .-. ,11 1 1 tell W.'1'TO thoso
' I irie I Ir cu the lo l:s 01 a
Mam
Of E l.u! urj
ScuP:-y. I'....
Si W"iL::!Uv"
the j..t, to-ih.-v
were to
i-n':h. 1: ;t
U5!i-!. alf
1"1.')H). ih
fik'llt Of to-the,..-,:....
:
!f-r Ilyro:. -
tlolie w.til
ehar 1 an i
ii lli i-il M
an it ..,nl. ro.
h.-y ::.-; , ..
worl of
t-l:t'Tirv
L-.it .
ii Were
the 111 t le. wo
aient .f
ttn'.oir . '. .
the T-r il -liv-.'
In- .:
th-J, jr.., ;
tO.-tfier ;
inlpr..:.,
Hhith-.:
fcu l- ; ;
M :. ! ;..
aaort;,:. i ;,
tfra.es :iL 1 ,
oh tl-.-rr.
ttos-Trant.,.:
beuvH other
rquire.i tlJ
hn-ii,he,l
S-inptur- a:i
at-rpri-e f.
!""(.Vt::
ii:th !,,r l.o:
p.-TlI,t t.0
Klass
fciver
01 wat- r
ii; 1 from U: Jin lson
t: of tho authtiti 'ity
- ; o tv:t -t an.! f. vi vil thiit
:vil 1 -;i!i'f rrm llior.j'.lllty
a:i-l pr iy.Tiii!ly r'i 1 lli;m
tti.-ir .iis.;i(,fslii. So 1
v: !mi ! i.:ir;iTti'Hiiit. Il-w
"ii- ". in a li tter yu re
t ' r wif" r or
v thj ha.'i tuTitiirj'. Vmu
i u V'--'jni.". xha S'uti-ii-ttt-r
'Miiir-s, yuu io not
!uis; -r who r-t.unpti.l it, au l
r it, an i thn i -t-
' i-r:it it to ymr i!oor to
:.,1L,,,. j.-tt.-r." l ho intern il
. an ! l.y th ri j-ro.-i
;";i -t tii.-tt trp
. - ;u: i :,utii:;it Uta ot
Th ii.t. roai
Ithe S.Ti;,tar.
"o man. Lot,.-ali-'outii.a.
o
uhout .1.-.-,
ttiat Int..-,
v.,u 1-j t
"Hv-l ,,..,, 1
Ifien lr v : :
mnt. w;.,..;. .
tlln.
th-
1 Poitma-f..;
yirrl-f !
"Jin f..P'-'..r .
ha;,..,.,
ttAi:l!llte Ii . 1
fnhera., r..
tr.av in-r.-a'-''other,
p,.r,,
iuto au
as I
already intimate I,
or faith by tie' U-stimoiiJ
s We of 1,-sS.T Ifr.iijt IWI.V
o'.. by sup-'Xntition or
1 ; iuce of a hollow prj-
i"iaL .'. . ' I wiil t'.is rr.orninT turn tlifi
."Uses
and summon wit
the iurv. and T now
III pi
and v .n .o.-n i
"fin th - purpose, and 1 will put
orlH .' wl,,o -- stand men whom all the
who -"'"' "' stn,n: intellectu-iliy
''iHi'""iet'''""''" any other courtroom
to th-'it ""'r"v 'rtlt'1"- 1 "'" uot
6ow . , s'aii'l any minister of the
Tt,rL 'r ''" m'-ht be prejudice,!,
'irtrool 7 W lva r,f taking an oath in a
.,, n" is uy noting the lips to the
REV, PH. TALMABR
The Ir;cklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon.
C.'ISe it is the Kihle thnt i An tflnl .pill
not ask the witness to put the hook to his
lips, for that would Imply that the sanctity
ami divinity of the book is settled, and that
would be tiev'sini; thequestlon. So I shall ask
each witness to lift his hand toward heaven
in affirmation.
Salmon P. Chast. chief justice of the su
prerie court of the United States appointed
by President Lincoln, will take the witness
ftamt Chief Justice Chase, upon your
oath, please state what you have to say atmit
the book commonlv called the Hihle." The
witness replies "There came a time in my
life when I doubted the divinity of the Scrip
tures, and I resolved, as a lawver and judue.
I would try the, book as I would trruuvthinir
in the courtroom, takinir evidence for an 1
E.irainst. It was a lonir and serious an ! pro
ound study, and nsinsr the same principles
d evidence in this reliirious matter as I al
ways do in secular matters I have come to
the decision that the Bible is a supernatural
look, that It has come from Ood. and that
the only safety for the human race is to fol
low its teaching." "Jadire, that will do.
Go buck airain to your pillow of dust on the
bnnks of the Ohio." i
. JC-xt I put noon the witness st.in I a Tr-si-ilnnt
of the United States John (juineev
Adams. President Adams, what have you to
K iy about the Bible and Christianity?" The
President replies have for many years
made It a prai-tioe to read through the Bible
once a year. My custom Is to read four or
five chanters every morulnsr Immediately
utter arisinir from my bed. It employs about
an hour of my time and seems to me the
most suitable manner of bev;inninir the day.
In what liirht soever we rcirard the Bible,
whether with reference to revelation, to his
tory or to morality, it Is an invaluable and
iuejchnustlble mine of knowledge and virtue."
Next I put upon the witness stand Sir
Isaac Newton, the author of the Principia"
and tiw iwee.inet ntiturii philosopher the
world has ever seen. "Sir Isaac, what have
you to say concerning the Bible?" The
philosopher's reply is. We account tJie
Scriptures of Ood to be the most sublime
philosophy."
Next I put upon the witness stand the en
chantment of letters. Sir Walter Scott, and
when I ask him what he thinks of the place
that our iriv.it book oirjht to take anions
other books ho replies. There is but one
Look, and that is the BiMe."
Next I put upon the stan 1 the most famous
reoloKist of all time. l!u.rh .Miller, an elder
of lr. Guthrie's Presbyterian church in K l
in urith, and Faraday and Kepler, and they
all testify o the same thin-;. Thev all sav
the Bible, is from God. and that the'mlirhtiest
influence for pood that ever touched out
world is Christianity
"Chancellor Kent, what do you think ol
the Bible?" Answer: "No other book ever
addressed itself so authoritatively and so
pathetically to the judgment and moral sensf
of mankind."
"Edmund Burke, what do vou think ofth
Bible!" Answer- "I have read the Bible
U'.ornintr, noon and niirht, and have over
s;nce le?en the haopior and the better man
lor such reidiiii;."
Next I put upon the stand William E. Glad
stone, the head of the Kir-osri e;,v,.ru,lu.n(t
and I hear him saytuj; w:!;it he said to me in
January of ls, wiieu in reply to his tel
trram. "Pray come to ilaw.ir ien to-morrow."
1 visited hi.Tu Then an 1 there I asked him
ss to whether in the passa-.-e of years his faith
in the Holy Scriptures an I Chrlsti. n'ly was
n the increase or de to.ls .. an 1 he turned
upon me with an emphasis an 1 enthusiasm
suo'has no one wiio has not conversed with
him can fully appreciate an 1 expr-'sse t ly
voice and r.-sui:-e and illuini:i"d eoiinten-n.-o
los ever increas n j la tfi iu Go 1 an I tiic Bi de
Mid Christianity as the only hope of our
ruined world. "That is ail. Mr. Gladstone,
we will take of your ti.ne novv. for. from the
reports of what is iroin r on iu England just
now. I think you are very busy."
The sulphurous craves of Sodom an 1
Comorrah have been idcntiieiL The re
mains of the tower of Battel have been
found. Assyrian do-nment lifted from the
sand and Behismn inscription hundreds of
feet hiirh up on the rock ee'uo and re-echo
the truth of Bi'de history. The siirns of the
time indicate that almost every fact of the
Bible from lid to II 1 will 11 n i Ks corrobora
tion in ancient city'disentombcd, or an dent
wall cleared from the dust of aires, oraucient
document unrolled oy archaolo-.fist.
Before the world ro'ls oa as Jar ino the
twentieth century as ir has air a ly roiled
into the nineteenth an in'idel will Ini a man
who do: not believe nis own s"iises. and the
volumes now critical and denunciatory of
tue Bible, if not entirely devastated l.y the
boo v-W.-Tins. Will be ta'eil do -VU fro n til"
slieif ii eur.ostties o: i,'aor m ' or idhvy.
All s'lecess to the pi"k axs an i .tow -ars an 1
p jvV l"-r blasrin o- those apostles (f archa
loi,-i.'.il exrdor.it on. I like the rinin? d--tlan
'e of the old iluu -nots to the a-saiiants
of Christianity : "l'oun 1 away, you rdicls 1
Your hammers break, but tlie anvil of God's
word stands."
How wonderful the old book hnnirs to
gether. It is a library made up of C6 hooks
and written by at least 3'J authors. It is a
supernatural thinii that they have stuck to
gether. Take the writings of any other 39
authors, or any 10 authors, or any 5 authors,
and put them together, and how lonir would
they stay together? Books of "elegant ex
tracts" compiled from many authors aro
proverbially short lived. I never knew one
such book which, to use the publisher s
pnr ise, '"had life in it" for Ave years.
Why is it that the Bible, made up of the
writings of at least 3'J authors, has kept to
gether for a lonir line of centuries when the
natural tendency would have Immmi to tly
apart like loose sheets oi paper when a (just
n; wind blows upon them? It is because (rod
-tu"k them together and keeps them to
il' ther. But for that Joshua would have
w in lered off In one direction, an 1 Paul into
i i.other, and Ezekiel into another, nnd H.i
i akkuk into another, and the 3'J authors in
to 3'J directions.
Put the writings or Shakespeare nnd Ten
nvson and f.ouirfellow. or any part of them,
to.-ether. How Ion.' would tney stay to
gether? No look bindery could keep them
together. But the cannon of the S Tipture
is loaded now with the same ammunition
.v th which prophet and apostle loade 1 it.
iiriuif me all the Bibles of the earth into
.me pile, and blindfold me so that I can not tell
the difference between day and niht. and
put into mv hand any ouo of all that Alpine
, .loiintain of sacred books, and put mylluirer
on the last pnuo of Genesis and let me know
.t and I enn tell vou what is on the next pane
-namely, the first chapter of Exodus ; or
-vhilo thus blindfolded put my linger on the
't-t chapter of Matthew and let me know it,
in 1 I will tell you what is on the next paire
namely, the ,'lrst ch ipl-r of Mark. In the
r ile of 5K),0o(I.U00 Bil.cis there will be no
exception. In other words, the book Kivos
, confidence by its supernatural n dhesioa
of writimr to writing
Even the stoutest ship sometimes shifts its
. ariro. and that is what' made our peril the
'reater in the ship Groece, of the Nation
' me when the cyclone struck us off the coast
j.f Neiv.oundlnnd, and the e,ir,-o of iron ha..
I li ted as the ship swunr from larboard tc
-ar.uoaril. and from starboard to larboard,
but thanks lie to God, this old Bible ship,
It'ioi'i 'h it has been in thousands of years ol
tomp-st. has kept its car-o of Kold and pre
'cous stones compact and sure, and in all the
enturies nothing about it has shifted. There
ii. v stand, shoulder to shoulder. David an I
Solomon and Isaiah and Jeremiah and E.e
del aul imniel and Hosea and Joel an i
Vn.os and Oba liah au l Jonah and Mici.h u
Vahiim and HabbakkuU and Zephauiah and
II a--ai and Zeohariah and Malachl nud:M..t
rhewand Murka' ' ' " o i John an I 1
1 retcr, all there, an A with a certainty o!
bem" there until the heavens and
he . reatiou of which is described the first
book of the Bible, shall have
the while horse of the conqueror J"8"1'
the last took of the Bible, shall paw th.
In-tin universal demolition By that tr
m. n lous fa.t n.y faith is wrof,
j: ....... i ..hro.a.l ns to who wrot
fhose ooks of the Bible called the P-nt.
u ... whether Moses or ll.lkiah. or Ezra or
Bins:,!, or Jeremiah, or another froH
iL x- ..f them wrote it. lo l
rnciems. .vm- ."''" .,-, ,Udavof
,-rnl.i the I'elitateucn. niio ;r
tenographv and typewritiug
that ought not
..n.lerstnnd. 7 he
Io be a dinicuit inui:
to be a dltllcuit inui-, ... u,
. - i i,.rveifi- an 1 editors
'fL "r"i"""" f our towns and cities
5 irrHv" l their letters: they o.
thorn
4" i ....rt.ati wrti
nftor IWV ! " '"' "
prophet "..ewriV.
Jehovah s steuo-i..(, " --- h
,'hey put down only what Go J d,; . h.
,,gnd it r'?"rt7. vieissitudeii ol
aame
upon it an iurouS,i
wuturics
. . . . . ...,i.;...e
But I come to the hoigni
when I say the way to r-enforoe our faith is
' 'n nrip fftf ft KA .1 ; 1 . i . .
" ' '"' "o II.3..IIIII- iu my icxt
ot th 'ir a'Kmn.lini faith. "Lord, increase
ir faith. " Some one suwsts, "Do you
'illy th'n'c that prayer amounts to any
' i ii.-?' 1 misht as w -II asi you. is th-ni a
ie o' t 'l -'r i lie p ili s fro n New York to
V ish'ii -oa, is th to a line of teleirraphio
.vires iri ii M inchesfer to Lon Ion. from
'olo.-ne to 11 Tlin? Ail the people who have
nf a;i 1 rveivvl miasti); -s on thos.i lin"S
.iimr of tljoir ex sten-e. s there nr. mill
orisof so. ils who hav b- n in constant com
imnication with t'l -apit tl of the universe,
.viththe thron o the Almiirhty, with the
rrcat God Hnm .'i.', Tor years an I years and
fears.
Thcr has not br"n a day when suppliei
ioiis did not flash up ami blessings
lid not flash down. Will some ii;uo--ii
iius. who has never rc -eive l a telegram or
i tit one, coine and tell us that there is no
m 'h thine; as t.'iei;r iphic co-nrnunieation?
iVill some one who lias uoverolTereil apniyer
ihat was heard an 1 ansivere 1 come and tell
xs that tii t is liothiiiir in prayer? It may
lot com- as we expect if, but as sure as an
niii-'st prayer oes upa merciful answerwill
ovie down.
During the blimard of four or five years
iito, you know that many of the telegraph
'ires were prostrated, and I t ileo;raplied to
hiea jo by way of l.iverpool. and the answer
Cter awhile came round by another wide
ircuit, nn-1 so the prayer weofb r may come
jack in a way we never imairined, and if we
isk to have our faith increase 1, althouirh it
ji ay come by a widely different process than
hat which wo expected, our couildenco will
lurely be augmented.
Oh, put it in every prayer you ever maka
actwecn your next tTcathand your last irasji,
Lord, increase our faith" faita iu Christ
is our personal ransom from present unilt
nd eternal catastrophe; faith iu tlieo nii:p -:ent
iloiy Ghost , laithin the liibie. tli"tr i-st
volume ever dictated or written or prinbd
Dr rea l : faith In adverse provi.lt u -es, har
monized for our bdt weliare; faith in a
judgment day that will set all tluuirs ri-ht
which have for a"fes tieen wroiiir.
Increase our fadh. not by a fragile a 1
litiou, but by an intluitu le of re up .ratioii.
I.et us do us we saw it done in the country
while wo were yet in our teens, at the old
fariuhouso after a Ion drought, and tiie
well had been dried, an 1 the cattle moaned
with thirst at the bars, and the meadow
tirook had cease 1 to run. and the i;r,iss
withered, and the corn was shrive!,. I up,
sud one day there was a jrrowi of tfiun-ler,
jnd then a congregation ot clouds on the
iky. and then a starthm; fl ish. and then a
lrcnehinir rain, an t father an I mother put
narrels under every spout at the corners of
file house an.l set pails and tm fkets an 1
iubs and pans an I pitchers to cat-'h as
much as they could of the shower. For in
many of our souls trc-re. has he.m a Ion--?
irouirht of con ldenee and iu many no faitu
u all. Let us set out all our affections, all
Diir hopes, all our contemplations, nil our
prayers, to catch n mighty shower. "Lord,
increas,. our faith."'
I like the way that the minister's widow
ii l in Elisha's time, w.ien. a.t T the ta inly
oein very unrortiinate. h.r two s-eis w -re
ibout to te sol i for d"ot, an 1 she had noth
m In the hotis; l,ut a pot of oil. and at
Eiisha's direction she borrow..! trom her
aciniMjrs all the veseis sue could borrow,
in 1 then tuviift to pour out the oil into those
vessels an 1 Kept on pouring uutil tli.-y w.-m
ill full, and she tieca 'ie :m oil riierchaiit wdli
more assets than liabilities, and when s'le
rrnni, 'lirino; me yet a vess-'l." the answer
Mine, "There Is not a visset mor ." So let
33 take wiiat oil of faitit w have an 1 use it
jntil the supply shall be miraculously multi
plie.L Brine; on your empty vesseis, an 1 by
file power of the Lord Go t of Llisaa they
.hall be lilled uutil tiicy can hold no more of
jubilant, nil ins:irin and triumphant faith.
tVMit a frightful time we had a .few days
Sijo down on the coast of Lorn: Island, wriere
1 have been stoppinir. That nrchauircl of
:ompest which, with its awlul win-s, swept
the Atlantic coast from Florida to Newfound
land did not spare our region. A few miles
away, at Southampton, I saw the bodies of
four men whom the storm had slain and the
ea had cast np, As 1 stood there amonir the
dead bodies I said to myself, and I said aloud :"
"These men represent homes. What will
mother and father and wife and ehililren say
when they know this?"
Some of the victims were xinknown. Onlv
the tlrst name of two of them was found ort
Charleyaud William. I wou -Wed then nc i
I wonder now if they will remain unknown
mid if some kindred far away may be waiting
for their coming and never hoar of the rough
way of their tfoing. I saw also one of the
three who had come in alive, but more dead
than alive. The ship had become helpless
six miles out, and as one wave swept tiie
deck and went down on the furnaces tid
they his-.e i an 1 went out i he cry was. "On,
my God, w are lost!' I In n the cr-'W pu;
on life pr.'-erv'ors. one of the sailors sayini
to the oticr. "We will meet again ou the
shore, and, if not, well, w J must all go some
time."
Of the twenty-three men who put on thn
life preservers, only three lived to reach the
beach. But what a S'?ene it was as the good
and kind pi-ople ot Southampton, led on l y
I r. Thomas, the great and good sur.-eori of
New York, stood watching tiie sailors i trj ---irling
iu th f breakers. " Are you stiil alive?"
shouted Dr. Thomas to one ol them out in
the breakers, and he signaled yis and then
went into unconsciousness. Wno should do
the most for the poor follows and how to
resuscitate them were the questions that rau
up and down the bench at Southampton.
How the men and women ou the si orestoo I
wringing their band?, .impatiently waitinT
for the sufferers to come within r-'acl:, and
then they were lifted up and carr:" l lu ioors
and waited on with as inueii kindness and
wrapped as warmly as though they hn t been
tiie princs of the earth. "Are they nlive?"
"Are they breathing?'' "Do you think they
will live''' "What can we do for them?"
were the rapid and lnt"n-e questions :is';e 1,
and so much money w is S"ut fir the cloth
ing and equipment oi the unfortunates tii.it
Dr. Thomas had to makea proclamation that
no more money was nee led. In other wouls,
ull that day it "was resuscitation.
Ami this is the appropriate w r l for us
this morning as w stand and loo'c off upon
this awlul sea of douM and uu'wli-roii wht-li
hundreds aro this moment being wrecked.
Some of them were launched by Christian
parentage on smooth seas and w.th promise
for prosperous voyage, but a Voltairecyolone
struck thetn on ou'e sid", and a To n i'.iine
cvclone struck them on the other side, an 1 a
bad habit cyclone struck them on uil sides,
and they have foun lered faraway froms'iore,
far away from God. and they have gone down
or are washed ashore -:th iio spiiitual life
left in them.
But, thank God, there are many hero to
day with enough fail h left to encourage us
in the effort at their resuscitation. All hands
to the beach ! With a coufld-noc iu Go 1 rfiat
takes no denial, let us lay hold o. tnen!
Ir'etel.1 them out of the breakers '. Bring goj
pcl warmth and gospel stimulus onl go-pet
life to their freezing souls! U 'M'.-eut itiou I
Kesus citation !
X LAVS IN BKILT.
American buy is wanted iu Europe.
Boston "consumes" l.OOOgnllons of
ice cream daily.
An English physician successfully
treats iusoiun'a with electricity.
A Boston housewife "tilizcl bail-
stones to freeze four cjuikrm oi ice
cream.
-In 1730 whole, provinces of l liina.
were given tip to the cultivation of the ,
poppy
A petrified whale hns been found in
An. erica 3 ')0 feC-t BDOVU the!
Vflil '
level of the sea.
At Northampton, Muss , there is a
w ell ".TOO feet deep, that Ls perfi ctly
dry ut tbe bottom.
1 Pantaloons were orinim'Uy 1DK
ttockitiR3 worn in Italy us a sort oi
religions habit of the devotees of ht.
Puutuleone.
A "gatored mule," as they say m
1'Jorida, ia a ninlo driven insane from
loking down an nlligator's throat.
An impecumons debtor in Mecklen
burg, X. C. mortgaged himself to the
man he owed, and, as be was a mar
ried man, his wife joined in signing
tbe document.
The first balloon ascension in tbe
United States was made by Messrs.
Kittenhouse an.l Hopkins of I hiladel
phia some time in the year 183, abont
110 years ago.
THE MODEL HUSBAND,
Unit wives will nd tbeir story with;
"Ah woU. men ars but human.
I lon to toll th aacret of
A truly happy woman.
Through all ths unshlnedlghted years,
UtoJ now iu ret rospect ten.
Ut huaband'a word brought uovcr loJ.s
Mor uuuoou a sud renecliun.
Whats'or the burdom of th day,
TJnttiuebing. calm, and ateaxlr.
To heur bia piirt th larifor bait
I alwaya flud hi ill ro&dy.
Jlonsoleanlug season briapa no frown
In'o aarcaam, KjIntd keenlv ;
tlirouKh Garrta up. and tar.ka bead dowit
11a tuakea bia way aereueiy.
Our evenings pian Iu convcrae swtiot.
Or quiet coolauiplation.
We never diaaf re encept
lo "keep up conversation.
And dewy worn of radiant June,
Fnir ni KHtllght of titember.
Aj-rll with bird and brook atuue,
btern, piulutfa Dccembor
Kacbaecnia to my adodna; eyea
Some new urnt e to discover,
t or be tiuchauc.tiig through tbe years,
la atUl luy tender lover.
ho lire m Khadowa hold, tboncb we
Have reached tlie Bide tln.t's nhady;
My iitl-batidV (hit a dreulu is bo.
And 1 la a umMen ludy.
-Ladita' lluuie Journal.
LOUD ANGUS.
The dog show had Dcen a ureal
fuocess. Everybfidy who came Into
tiie great hall saio. so, and the Presi
dent of the American Kennel Asso
ciation watched the great crowd of I
the last day with tired satisfaction,
All around the hall were ran fed ti.e
regulation bcuches divided into c m- pretty soon. He's a kind of generous
partiuents, and in these compart- j.vounK man," he continued reaiinis
uients, resting upon fresh straw, were .cently, "and lie's alius done more bv
dogs and dogs. They all looked so me than he's said he would. He's
clean and healthy and happy that the that reckless though. I been told
spectators could hardly keeD from there ain't nothing he won't do if he
patting each onc.
Hut the most attention was given
to a doen or so great rough-coated
Bernards who lay on their straw
with well-bred indifference and
scarcely uoticed the admiration they
aroused. The largest crowd of ad
mirers were gathered around a com
partment which was marked with a
large square board at the back, Ch.
Lord Angus A. IL C. S. It., HTl.i.
Oa one corner of the board was tacked
ft narrow blue ribbon.
In tins compartment Itself w as
seated a great, dignified St. Bernard,
wh j.se eyes sometimes wandered over
the group of spectators, but for the
uiout part Uxed themselves on the
figure of a small boy-wno sat beside
him on the straw, his legs dangling
over the bench and one band resting
on the dog's broad back.
Tiie buy stared at the by-standers
with complete self-p-issession. He
was a dirty poorly clothed little boy,
but he seemed to have the Utmost
regard of all his surroundings, except
the dog. The latter seemed restless,
and every now and then tugged a
little at his chain; but at a word from
the boy he would stop, turn his head
quickly and cover the boy's face with
bis caresses. The latter did not obr
jeet to the unusually - unwelcome
moisture.
"I know, Lord Angus," said the
b iy finally, "it's more' n time now to
take our exorcise. Probably retcr
may bo com in' now, though. An'
when ye see Peter now, Lord Angus,
ye. don't want to jerk at vour chain
the way ye did yesterday morning.
'Cause then Peter'll say to me, 'No,
my boy, yuu ain't big enough to lead
Lord Angus this morning. He'll get
tiwav from you.' Then we can't go
O'it ti veth r. D'ye sec?" ,
Lord Angus at this evidently (ap
preciated better the value of self-control,
for when Peter came at last 'in
bis shirt sleeves, be was "gentle as
any vui!g lamb. An' I guess voai
could give hint his walk, Johnny."
Yes sir," saiil Johnny, and added
with nattering deference, "Jos' the
same as yon told me yesterday, sir?"
Peter nodded his head and the dog
and the boy started olT, Lord Angus
wagging his handsome tail with sup
pressed i in pat ie nee.
Johnny bad a leading chain, butfof
that matter lie and Lord Angus
shared in the directing of their walk;
when Lord Angus wished to gratify
his curiosity about any dog or. thing
he would give a picmonitory tug at
his chain and then go, and Johnny
never hind'-red Pirn except involun
tarily when he found himself almost
off bis feet, trailing behind, for he
never lctiyo the chain. But for these
mishaps Lord Angus always apolo
gized as soon as he found what had
happened through his ill-judged haste,
and for some t i me he would be very
considerate. Vhen Johnny on his
part, wished lo go somewhere in par
ticular, l e would put his arm round
Lord Angus's white neck and turn
him.
It was tint such a pleasing walk as
usual for Johnny that afternoon.
Peter had told him that Lord Angus's
owner was coming out that afternoon
nnd be didn't know just what would
become of Lord Angus. At any rate
Johnny thought, be wouldn't see Lord
Angus any mora And though he
w.isjustas eateful as ever of Lord
Atigus's wishes, the latter shared his
il 'p;-, ssion. After the half-hour's
exercise was over, however, Johnny
bad overcome his melancholy and the
two returned to Lord Angus's place
iu good spirits.
There was the usual crowd about
Lord Angus's compartment, and
Johnny pushed scornfully through.
Lord Angus Jumped quietly into his
place, and Johnny snapped a heavy
chaiu at his collar. Then the boy sat
down beside him in the straw, once
more dangled bissmall legs and stared
quietly one or two of the weaker,
minded spectators out of countenanca
But the thought would come, what
was to become of Lord Angus when
lis owner came, lie wished the star
ing people would leave Lord Angus
uLiil him aione.
Lilt here one of them, a woman,
took the opportunity of asking the
very little boy a seemingly harmless
juestiou.
The little boy looked tip at her
flercely. "Is Lord Angus a pure
blooded St. Bernard " he asked with.
withering reiteration. "Is he? A-ah!
jo you think they'd have given tho
first prize here to any kiser? Na-a.
Do you see them perfect markings?"
he added, kicking the bench with his
heels and awing the abashed woman,
with one oul-lrelched arm and rigid,
dirty forelinger. Fine markings, all
pure white, on his forehead Os' lift
up your heal, Lord Angus,) and a
white collar round bis neck, and oa
tll3 breast and on cyery ono of his
feet and here on the end of his tail.
Then all th(? rest of him Is oraipc.
Them'9 signs of hJs bicedin', and the
Aape of his head and the hanrjin of
bis cars, and he weighs morc'n twtv
fifty. ay, J'etr," he called, sharply,
"this here lady wants to Lnow is
Lord Angus pure blooded:"
" But the woman had Kono.
f "Say, Peter," naJd the boy defor
intially, when there was a cessation
in the crowd of spectators as the clos
Inu hour drew near, "who is it owns
Lord Angus? llo must be mighty
rich and likes dugs."
' Peter looked doubtfully at the boy
for a moment; but the man was
naturally very talkative. "Well,"
be said, "I gu?s he's gut plenty of
money that was left to liim, and then
aain 1 guess he won't h.ivtj much
?oon. They tell that he's spent innre'n
half his money since he left cnlictre
a couple of years aro. Hut wir.it I
say is that he ain't jest a lit. owner
fer Lord Annus here. Why he never
came out to the Kennels when Lord
Angus was sick, from the ttnderkeep.
MS letting him cat tv i !o.cu raw
'(SSi by mistake. .Sent a veterinary.
Naw, he ain't no owner for a dog I1V0
Lord Angus."
The boy listened eagerly.
"I don't suppose he'd miss Lord
Ajigus much if he was dead, or gone,
ye know':"'
Naw, indeed," answered Peler.un-
l - 'ispectingiy,
1 don't reckon he'd
H - are t lat He d ought to be comln'
wants to. He don't cars for himself
or anybody then. Well, well, here I
been talkin' too much already. I got
to get ready the rest of them dogs and
send 'em to the depot, now the show's
over. I guess I better leave Lord
Angus till the last."
As soon as Peter had wa'ked to the
other side of the hall the boy slipped
to the floor and looked quickly
around. All was iiow in contusion.
Keepers were hurrying here and there;
with their charges, the small dogs were
; being boxed and the larger ones were
being led to the car stations by tw s
and threes. The barking of the dogs.
eager to get away from the hall, lb led
the air. No one had time to pay any
attention to the small boy and great
dog. And Lord Atmuswas standing
up motionless, watching tlie face of
(the bt;y.
"Oh, Lord Angus.'' said Johnny all
at once, "I jest can't let ye go away.
I don't care about nothin' else but I
can't let von go." lie buried his face
in the soft hair of the dog's neck,
while Lord Angus gently wagged his
tail. In a moment Johnny raised his
head. "Lord Agnus," he said, earu
e,s'tly, -'would ye be wiilin' to come
and live with me? I can work sellin'
tapers again and 1 can easy buy all
te.'vant. . Say, Lord Agnus, will ye
do that?" lie paused a moment- The
dog raised bis head and licked away
the tears that were in the boy's eyes;
then tugged at his chain.
In a moment two llgures were st"a'
ing softly through the haf-Iiglited
hall toward the side ent'ance.
At the same time a young man,
whose name w-is the same as that
engraved on the silver plate of Lord
Angus' collar, entered with another
man at this door. In the dusky light
the face of Lord Angus's owner ap
peared young, even lioyish; but when
he passed with his companion under
an electric light further on, there
could be seen upon his countenance
the lines which sometimes come
with reckless self-indulgence. Yet
there was a dcllaut look iu bis eyes
which showed, one might say, self
dissatisfaction, and likewise, peril ips,
obstinacy. They were wandering,
restless C3'cs just now.
"Here, boy, what are you doing
with the tlog?" be called, sharply.
He had seen a great St. Bernard witii
a boy beside it whose head just came
up over the dog's back. The boy
shrunk back and the hair on the great
dog's neck began to rise.
"Come, I didn't mean to frighten
you, youngster," said the young man.
less sharply, "hut what dog is this?
Easy, old fellow, I only want to look
at your collar. Humph it's my own
dog. This is Lord Angus. Johnson.
Now may I ask, my young thief,
what you were going to do with my
dog?"
The hoy quickly turned and called
shrilly, "Come, Lord" when he felt
a hand on bis shoulder and one round
his neck. It was Peter, with his red
face glowing with indignation.
"Well, now, my boy. perhaps you'll
answer my question," continued his
interrogator mercilessly.
"The young scoundrel, sii! I only
saw him when the show commenced,
and "
"That's plenty from you, Peter,
interposed the owner. "I want the
boy to answer my question."
"Lcggo my throat thore, will ye?
Leggo, I say," said the young captive
fiercely. "There lucky fer you ye
did," he said, for at a sign from his
master Peter had released him and
stood one side, holding Lord Angus
by the cellar. "Well," said the boy,
with an attempt at indilTerencc, "ye
wanted to know what I was doin'
with Lord Angus, ye did? Well, i
jes guess I was tryin' to steal biru.
D'ye see?"
"Impudent little rascal," replied
Johnson.
'Sandy little cuss, though," re
plied the owner in a law tone.
"Now, boy," be continued severely,
"what is your name and occupation?"
His eyes and face showed someamuse
ment and he 'seemed quite interested.
Johnson lookj'd disgusted.
"Johnny Simons. I sell newspa
pers. "
"Why did you try to steal the dog?"
"Cause I liitcihitn and Lord Angus
likes ma"
"And do you suppose he likes you
better than anyone else, youngster?'.'
"Well, I gues" said Johnny, some
pride showfng itself ia his tones.
He'd do anything well, jes' sec Peter
thera (Come, X.ord Angus, come,
come on." Poor Peter held fast to
the collar until there was a sudden
grpwl and a row of white teeth flashed
before his eyes. Then he let go and
Lord Angus walked with unabated
dignity over to Johnny's side.
"So-o," said -. tho ' owner looking
fjuietly at Johany's red face and
; -rig n l eyes as be sLood still altci
piving Lord Angus's shoulders a little
it.. "The dog secnH fonder ot th;
f, iy than ever dog or human was foad
of tm-," he s aid. half aloud.
"Johnny Simons, " he said suddenly,
turning to the boy, and apparently
f. irgettingth.it there was any one e! o
to hear them, "shojld you say that
any one, a person, Johnny, not a
dog, coukl ever have become truly
fond of me, like Lord Angus is of
you?" The owner smiled a litlle after
lie spoke, but the interest faded from
his face in a moment, and he seemed
to Johnny to become very sad indeed.
"All fer nothin'. Look at them
close:" thought Johnny, somewhat
contemptuous!-.
"I dun mi," be said finally, after
looking at the young man's face with
some Interest. "Say, what are ye
goin' to do with Lord Angus and m -?
Ye know ye can't put me in jail. I'm
too young."
Tiie owner laughed shortly. He
took out a pocket-book and wrote o'i
a small slip of paper. This he gave,
to the dog. "There, boy, goon no
with vour bog; enjoy him until you
get tired or ho displeases you. then
throw him over, sell him anyway,
go oil now, I'm tired of talking."
Johnny clutched the piece of paper
and would have gone, but the man
who had come with the owner. stoppeJ
him.
"Good heavens, man," he was say
ing, "you can't mean to give this dog
that I was to buy to this raga 1111111111?"
The young owner bad a tired look
on his pale, boyish face as be replied,
with coolness and decision, however:
"I'm sorry, Johnson, but the dog be
longs to the b y now. Iion'tlook
nma.cd. It's rather interesting to
let the boy keep his dog. And I find
il hard sometimes to ti:id something
interesting. Cood-by, Johnny."
"Sav, sir, don't you want your dog
collar?" crici Johnny, eagerly.
Tlie owner turned back. "I think
f. will take my name otl the dog," he
said. "All the better for an honest
dog like Lord Agnus not to carry that
rlanie around, Johnny," he added. slip
ping his knife b'ade under the piaie
and prying it oil the collar.
Johnny watched him bold tho
bright silver stiip in bis hand.
"That's a good name, Johnson, lor
'1 man to be born with, or rather it
mis," he said in a low.half-ifite'este l
'Vine. "Johnson, when I was left, the
jinly sou t. carry the family name,
".his is the way it looked toevcyone."
Tiie electric light above caused the
..Vilished un t il in his out-st leti'lu' l
'land to iili-ten and spaikle. Some
'.hitig in bis quiet tones made Johnny
ateh his face curiously. It grew a
itt'.e harder. "This, Johnson, is
hat I have done with it," he saiil
i low.y. Tlie naiue-plate fell from Lis
Ingers to the unswept floor. Then
The heel of his boot pressed it down,
urushing and marring the thin metal.
"Never mind, Johnson," Johnny
beard a.n instant later. "Let's go.
.'Ve'll soon foiget this and about tho
(Vig, you lcnow. You must go with
"tie this evening. Lets not waste
time."
Wh.'Mi thev were gon". Johnny knelt
and ticked a crushed piece of silver
i' IT tiie dirty lloor. He did not notice
the silver dollar that John-on bad
tossed toward him. But he wiped
and rubbed the bftiised metal 011 lib
sleeve and then put it carefully in
bis breast pocket.
"Come, I. ir.l Agnus,'' he said. stand
ing up. "Less go home." Hubert
T. French, in tlie Harvard Ad vocal'?.
Molecules.
All substances are made up of tint
particles which cannot he further re
duced in si.e without change of proit
ci ties and breaking up into their eoai
potient atoms. These particles 01
groups of atoms are tnulei!es. and 1!
matter is trembling with their bil
lions of vibrations per second. It:
solids, the molecules are arranged in
a certain fixed order, and t'.ieir vibra
tion is in a limited space. In liqu d
they move al o.it in ail directions, vei
none ''an voluntarily separate them
selves from the others, while in pase?
they are in a state of vibration so vio
lent that they II y about with marvel
ous rapidity in all directions. Kvt
cubic inch of air contains no less than
21,000,000,000,000 of molecules, am!
every point on our skin is bombarded
by thousands of millions of them
every second. Each is so small lh.it
.".00 would not extend a toss the width
of the smallest line the most powerful
microscope shows us. Magnify them
1.000,000, 0J0, OuO diameters, and each
atom is the si.e of our globe, each
molecule is a planetary system, ami
each air-buble from the fringe around
the water in a goblet, is a wonderfu!
galaxy. Magnilled 10,000 tri!liou
diameters, the air bubble would hav
the dimensions of our entire stcliai
system, but would contain 50,oio bil
lions of stars instead of the 20,000,0dl
our best teleseones can show us.
Jtlctit 111 tlie Kusliluii.
She was a tall, angular woman ol
50, in a plain, straight-waisted, calb'c
diess. heavy shoes and a black straw
bat with long streamers, and the
younger and smaller woman with bet
was patterned after her. They wen
evidently fiom the headwaters o
the creek, and tbe city was a noe':U
to them. They were also a novelty
to tnc city, and all unconsciously at
traded tiic attention of everybody or
Woodward avenue as they sauntered
along looking in the windows .mi",
giving vent to their delight in vari
ous exclamations. Finally a city gir
passed them, wearing the latest, an,
tbe elderly woman saw her. Sin
gazed a moment in opcn-mouthe
amazement and caught the othci
woman by tbe arm.
"By gravy, Sallie, do you see that?"
she exclaimed.
Sallie's ej-es followed her finger and
she nodded.
"We a-n't up with the percession.
air we?" she asked, doubtfully, as sh
surveyed her attire.
Sallie shook her head sadly.
"Come on," exclaimed the eldcrlj
woman suddenly, and catching ih
young one by the hand she started
for a gents' furnishing store ac-os'
the street and went in with a whirl
"Young man," she said to a clerk,
"have you got any galluses for 2z
cents a pair that'll Ut mo ana Sallie
here?"
Fifteen minutes later there wcr
not two prouder women on Woodward
avenue and surely no two who were
60 much the observed of all observers. '
r-Free Presa.
UlNINQ AT SEA.
Immense Jiinnlllica of Victuals Required
On un Ocean Steamer.
Yachting may be pursued chiefly
for pleasure, but inci ientallv it is for
sharpening the appetite. The capac
ity of the average ocean traveler's
-tomach is proverbial, and, unless
seasickness intervenes, be becomes a
gormandizer from the time he leaves
bore until be lands on it again. So
thoroughly appreciated is this that
the steward's department on pleasure
yachts and the great Atlantic steam
ers is made a very important oilice,
and nothing contributes so niu-h to
the pleasure of the voyage as a com
plete and varied larder of tbe most
tempting nature. Soc'al life on
yachts renters around the table in the
r elily upholstered cabin, where the
"tit: -rtaiumcnt can be as expensive as
l.ic owner desires and the cost of
yachting is often in direct proportion
io the amount of money devoted to
eating and drinking.
No less ini)ortant is the dining
r .om on board of the first-class ocean
steamers, and the four or five meals a
day are indicative of the passengers'
marvelous appetites. The dining
service is elaborate and costly sur
passing in amount and variety that
of the finest hotels in the world. For
a six or eight-day voyage the floating
palaces load up witii provisions suffi
cient to support a good-sized city for
several da.s. Everything is of the
iltn'si qualitv, served in the most
approved style and attractive form,
making the pleasures of dining on
shipboard alluring enough to elicit
(pra se from the hypercritical epicure.
Although the service varies slight !y
nn the different lines, one steamer
will generally typify all of the others.
The dishes and the art of cookery is
similar to that found at the leading
hotels in Paris. The Herman lineis
give dining services that are not ex
relled by any, but there is a slight
savor of (icrmany and her people in
the various odd compounds and mix
tures that daily appear on tiie table.
The English steamers are likewise
lf-t inetiveiy English, or American,
rid the tables are loaded down with
ill of the delicacies so much ap
preciated I y the travelers.
Most of the large steamers furnish
four or five meals a day, ;md eaen
no is an elaborate" affair. To attend
'o thee tables about 100 cooks an I
rew ards are empiowd, thirty or forty
-aloon waiters and a dozen or tno'c
arvers, dishwashers and steward--ses.
The fon e of men required for
the kitchen and dining-room 011a
large ocean steamer is thus much
larger than the crews of many ocean
-hips. Breakfast is generally served
it s o'clock, luncheon i 1 2:.'W. dinner
it " and cold meats and salads again
it ! p. m. (in so; ie of the steamers
coffee and rolls are served at ti in the
morning to accomodate the early
risers. Between these meals any
thing can be ordered by applying to
the steward, or by liberally tipping
the waiters. Drinking is no less im
I ortant than eating, anil the bar is
so well patronized in the summer
time that an enormous stock must be
carried.
Buying pio isions for one of the
huge steamers is a work that re
quires e: et ietice. for it is more im
portant than buying for a hotel. The
supply miis; be large enough to last
for the entire voyage, and often for
emergencies when a storm keeps the
steamer out from port -averal days
later than usual. The amount of
provisions al-o varies with the num
ber of passengers engaging berths,
bat as the lists are generally made
up weeks before the steamer sailsthis
is not a disturbing element in the
i ward's calculations. One large
steamer, in the middle of the travel
ing season, will generally carry provis
ions made up about us follows: From
fifteen to twenty thousand pounds of
beef, from one to two thousand
pounds of corneil beef, four or live
thousand pounds of mutton, several
bandied pounds of fresh pork, a dozen
barrels 01' salt pork, four or live hun
dred pounds of veal, nearly two thou
sand chickens, ducks and birds, aid
various other fresh meats. Pickled
meats are no less important, and
nearly five hundred cans ate stored
away in the larder; also, nearly two
thousand eggs, two or three hundred
barrels of potatoes, one or t wo hun
dred barrels of Hour, and enough
irreen stuff to stock four or five ordi
nary grocery stores. Several tons of
different kinds of fresh and salted
llsh arecarrieil. and all of the minor
articles of diet in proportion. Wines,
brandies and champagnes are provid
ed in large quantities, and these with
mineral Witters often serve as the
chief drinks for the passengers.
Such a partial list of the eatable re
Hiired for one trip across the ocean
gives an idea of the amount con
sumed by the several hundred hungry
passengers The articles are served
up in fine ctystal and painted
ware. ( )ne steamer carries from five
to fifteen thousand pieces. The
breakage is naturally very large, ami
it is calculated that each voyage hun
dreds or more pieces will be broken
through the carelessness of passen
gers or waiters.
The expense of one trip across the
Atlantic assumes greater proportions
every year for the steamship owners,
and this increase is largely due iothe
better dining service which they en
deavor to give to their patrons. Tlie
amount of eatables consumed, and
the damage done to dishes and furni
ture, would seem greater than the
actual price paid for a first-class ticket.
Nevertheless, despite the great cost
and expense, the steamship compa
nies appear to thrive and grow rich
off their transatlantic travelers.
An idea of the cost of pleasure
yachting may be gathered from these
ligures, but in the latter the costly
drinks are also supplied by the owner,
while on the ocean steamers theso
ire all paid for extra. This item
iione on a first-class pleasure yacht
)ften run up into thousands of dol-ar-
Ilrielly Hut Truly Tolil.
Mr. O'Bcilly, a trader obliged to
;top at the house of a Boer very near
.ho Pneil, Griqualand West, saw
mule children playing with exceed
ngly pretty pebbles, and asking his
Dutch ho-t whether he could take
me.
was promptly told that he could,
ie children had plenty of them.
is tlie
JTleilly took the stone to Grahams-
I town, and sold it for three thousand
dollars; it was resold fur twetty-Uve
' thousand dollars.
The Dutchman whose name was De
Beer bad built the usual wattle and
daub house on bis farm, but it bad
been erect -d a long time before in
quiring prospectors found that the
rough cast used for the walls con
tained diamonds, 'pne farm speedily
changed hands for ten thousand dol
lats. It now with its neigborinsi
mines, produces over fifteen million
(dollars' worth of diamonds annually,
the total wealth from this discovery
to date being probabiy over two hun
dred and fifty million dollars.
At Wesselton, a Boer riding at sun
down to bring iu his horses from the
veldt, where they had been running
all dav, saw a small animal called a
meercat, which burrows in Soatlr
Africa like a rabbit, industrious y
scraping earth fiom its hole. A pe
culiarity of the ground so thrown ti;:
led the Boer to till bis handke.cl.i. f
witii it, and after he had stabled bis
horses he examined the eaith. To
his astonishment tmrl delight he
found a three-quarter carat Giamoud
in the sand.
Furthersearch at the mecrcat's hole
revealed other diamonds, and sit
months ago two million live bundled
and fifty thousand dollars was refused
for the farm. Since the a' Cioe it::l
di-covcry over two hundred thousand
carats of line white diamonds have
biien extracted from the mine. Could
the history of diamond mining in
south Africa be told in fewer words?
The Ni-'.irnKfi;i C'kih.I.
The assertion is sometimes mane
that the Nicaragua Canal will not
benefit us injregard to the increase ol
tlie number of our ships, and this as
sertion is based on the fact that France
failed to add a single ship to her
ram ing Meet by the completion of th .1
-ui.'Z Canal, built by French engineer
in French enterprise and I retich
capital. The fact isbiought forward
as a b sson in history which we must
i ear in mind when we are asked to
ons'derthe Nicaragua Canal quest ion
as an element in the development of
our commerce.
At the pie-en' day the Suez canal
s i hi' il. devoted to the carrying t r ule
if England, and Eniriand ow 11s a Iig!iT
mg interest in tlie stock. We bold 1:1
legarl to the Nicaragua canal ;hr!
the I'lbted States will, no malt r
who builds it. take the same posit 01
that Encland could not fail to alt 1 i
in t he use of the Suaz canal. Eng a 1: I
pos.-csses an immense, ilourisliing an I
steadily increasing commerce in I !.e
East, while the commercial po-.sess'o.-s
of France there are comparatively
small.
Like England in the East, we hav
extensive possessions in the Wc-t on
our Pa.'ilic shore, California, Oreo.i.
Washington and Alaska, all very
nourishing, while their productive
ness is steadily increasing. It 111 st,
without fail, stimulate our shipbuild
ing trade when, by a shorter ami
safer transit, the mutual comm ree
will receive a most powerful impulse.
All the European ocean-farin 1
nations are even more interested iu
the Nicaragua canal than in the Sue,
anal, because by passing it they will
avoid the stormy ocean of the extreme
southerly coast of South America,
the sailing around which is a gre.it
leal worse than sailing around tiie
Cape of Good Hope. l-"'"-' 11 '
American.
O'Ul KiiKilsh.
Odd specimens of English nn.l
peculiar bits of con-truction now ami
then appear in books. From a low 1
history recently published in one m
the Middle States we quut ' sum."
examples of an Engli-h style "oat.
would have been greatly improve 1 :f
it bad passed under the supervi-in 1
if a strict editor, and then bad bad
the further advantage of a proof
reader who knew his speller.
"In those days their were no we;'
laid out public highways, as of th
present tiny; but foot paths, marked
by blazed trees to guide the weary
traveler through the dense forests,
ivhieh more or less of them has be
ame extinct at the present day."
"i )f all animals, the panther was
the most treacherous animal that tiie
settlers had to contend with; for
they would lie crouched in the busp.es,
ind there wait in suspense of their
victim, and when it passed by, would
leap out upon the same, giving no
naming until it had its victim w ithin
its fold."
"How far different it is at the
present day, than it was at seventy
years ago, in keeping of the sabbata
lay. No person in 1 hose days t hat
mended regular service every Sab
hath, regardless of the storms, or
what else might happen."
They at once went to him. and
found a dung-fork in one hand, and
the lines in the other, dead."
"He was soon rescued, but Laniy
njurcd, of which he never fully re
covered. "
A Lite oil the Orfan Wave.
A steam packet company of Liver
pool desired to enlarge their premises
and decided to purchase tbe piece of
land adjoining, and which belonged
to a maiden lady. The lady was will
ing to sell, and at so low a figure that
the directors were astonished, she
had a clause inserter, in the deed to
the effect that dining tbe term of
her natural life she and a companion
should at any time travel free in any
of the company's vessels. The direc
tor w cm delighted with their bar
gain and readily agreed to this.
On the following day the lady sold
her furniture, rented her bi ns." and
went on board the tirst outwaid
hound vessel belonging to the com
puny, without troubling herself as to
its destination. Since that time, no.v
twenty years ago, she has always
lived on one ship or another, and is
generally accompanied by some lady
traveler for whom she advertises,
"she is believe! to have made some
310,000 by the transaction and the
company has of.'er, d her this sum to
iot rid of her, but without success,
as ihc is c'irtiirig tcf.re in this way
than she could in any other.
. ny one who
will write
sign bis
a !ett"i
tame to.
that he won't
should siga
the
word "Coward" at
.the end.
The
pnonymous letters
tilat ;tre si(,ne j ,.A friend" should al
ways bc sij.llUj Coward,"
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